Muslim men are commanded to treat women with dignity and respect regardless of their faith, how they are dressed, where they are from, or the color of their skin. Muslim men and women’s ideal relationship in the context of the community is one of brother- and sisterhood in faith. These are ideals that must be instilled from the start. Here are some ways to begin. 1. Instill accountability before Allah, regardless of others’ actions: This is the number one lesson all Muslims, regardless of gender, must be continuously reminded of. ...

Nazir Al-Mujaahid of Outstanding Muslim Parents offers some of his best parenting advice. How would you answer the question, “Who are you?” Some people would define themselves through their profession, for example, a doctor or a teacher. Others may define themselves by their cultural background, such as Yoruba, House or Ogbo. Other still may simply say, “I’m only a mother”. Many times, how people describe themselves is a reflection of how they feel about themselves and in the case of our children, we want them to radiate high self-esteem and...

THE Christ Evangelical and Life Intervention Ministry, Sabon Tasha, Kaduna, Kaduna State, has donated items, including mats and kettles, to a mosque situated on Fulani Road, Tudun-Wada, also within the metropolis, after the place of worship suffered a fire disaster. The General Overseer of the church, Pastor Yohanna Buru, who made the presentation of the items in company with other leaders and members of the church, said the donation was a gesture of love and compassion towards their Muslim friends and acquaintances. According to him, the gesture is necessary at...

Engr. (Dr.) Kadri Obafemi Hamzat (KOH) was born September 19, 1964 in Lagos, Nigeria. His father, Oba Mufutau Olatunji Hamzat is the Lagos West Senatorial District Leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC), and his mother, Alhaja A.K. Hamzat Nee Okonu of Oke Balogun Area of Epe Town in Lagos State. Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hazat started school at Odu Abore Memorial Primary School, Mushin, Lagos. For his secondary education, he was at the Olivet Baptist High School, Oyo. Thereafter, he got admission to the University of Ibadan where he graduated...

Mrs Foluke Kafayat Abdul-Razaq was born into the renowned Families of Labisi-Olugbesan of Agbokojo, Ibadan and Abibu-Oki of Lagos. She started her primary education at Our Lady of Apostles Private School, Yaba, Lagos and proceeded to Our Lady of Apostles Secondary School, Ibadan for her secondary education. She attended the Yaba College of Technology and the Kwara State College of Technology where she obtained her OND and HND (Accountancy) respectively. She holds a Master of Science (M.Sc) degree in Banking and Finance from Nigeria’s premier university, the University of Ibadan....

Islam teaches its followers many etiquette's of eating and living a healthy life. The Prophet made a point of developing remarkably clean and healthy eating habits among his followers. With its rich bazaars and political and caravans streaming in from desert oases, it would have been easy for a man of Muhammed's stature to live a lavish life of immoderate eating and unhealthy habit. But that's far from what happened. He shares many insights in the Qur'an on how to lead a natural and healthy life, and many of these...

There was a man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge things too quickly. So he sent them each on a quest, in turn, to go and look at a pear tree that was a great distance away. The first son went in the winter, the second in the spring, the third in summer, and the youngest son in the fall. When they had all gone and come back, he called them together to describe what they had seen. The first son said that...

Qari Muhammad Qayyam (may the mercy of Allah be upon him) related that a great deal of fighting and bloodshed had started prior to the Indo-Pakistan partition of 1947. He said that a very beautiful daughter of a very rich man in a certain community stepped out of her house to visit her aunt, who lived no more than a few streets away. Suddenly a riot erupted as she had gone halfway and she found herself trapped with apparently nowhere to go. She saw a Mosque nearby and quickly went...

The word Dawah in Arabic simply means to invite to something. When it is used in conjunction with Islam it means; inviting to the way of submission and surrender to Allah. In Islamic theology, the purpose of dawah is to invite people, both Muslims and non-Muslims, to understand the worship of Allah as expressed in the Qur'an and the sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (SAW). Dawah as the "Call towards Allah" is the means by which Muhammad began spreading the message of the Qur'an to mankind. After Muhammad, his followers and Ummah (Muslim community) assumed the responsibility. They convey the message...

Many years ago, there lived two woodcutters, Rahim and Rahman, in a village. They would go out every morning to the nearby forest to cut firewood and sell it in the nearby town. They earned barely enough to survive. After they had cut wood, they would sit on the bank of the river and eat their lunch from their lunch boxes. Next they would sell the firewood till the end of the day in the marketplace before going home. One sunny day, the woodcutters were eating their lunch. It was...